Amendments to the European Parliamentary Elections Act 20023
1
The European Parliamentary Elections Act 20024 shall be amended as follows.
2
In section 1(2)(a) (number of MEPs and electoral regions) for “England is” substitute “the area of England and Gibraltar is”;
3
In section 2 (voting system in Great Britain)—
a
in the heading, at the end, insert “and Gibraltar”; and
b
in subsection (1) for “in Great Britain” substitute “other than Northern Ireland”.
4
In section 9(2) (double voting) after “United Kingdom” insert “and Gibraltar”.
5
In section 11(2) (judicial determination of disqualification) for “in England, or is Wales” substitute “an electoral region in England and Wales or the combined region”.
6
In Schedule 1 (electoral regions in England)—
a
in the heading after “England” insert “and Gibraltar”;
b
in paragraph 1 after “England” insert “and Gibraltar”;
c
in paragraph 2(2) after “United Kingdom” insert “and Gibraltar”; and
d
in column (2) of the Table in the list of areas comprising the South West electoral region, below “Isles of Scilly”, insert “Gibraltar”.